In 2001, Top Shelf Productions published his first full graphic novel, Pistolwhip. The book was critically well-received, nominated for the prestigious Harvey Award the next year and featured in Time Magazine's Top 10 list for Graphic Novels,[2] yet remained in relative obscurity. He has illustrated two Pistolwhip spin-offs (Mephisto and the Empty Box and Pistolwhip 2) and written his own, 300-page graphic novel, Two Sisters, as well as maintaining a regular webcomic set in the Sisters universe, called Super Spy.[3][4] In 2006, Kindt announced on his blog that he would be writing an experimental novel called The End of the World. The book has been completed, but Kindt now plans to adapt it into a graphic novel.[5] In 2007, the collected Super Spy was published by Top Shelf. 2008 saw the collected Super Spy nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel: Reprint. March 2010 saw a Super Spy short story appeared on Dark Horse's Dark Horse PresentsMySpace web comic.[6] Kindt released Revolver in 2010, published by DC Comics' Vertigoimprint. In 2012, his new ongoing series MIND MGMT was released by Dark Horse Comics.[7][8]

Kindt's work is frequently set in the world of 1940s international espionage, and also frequently incorporates such themes as Pirates, The Circus and music.

In addition to comics, Kindt hosts a large portfolio of illustration work and teaches a class on drawing comics at Star Clipper Comics in University City, MO.